Restored Hermetic Science of the Ancient Philosophers

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...had nurtured them, so much so that having become King of the Romans Referring to Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome. Though historically inaccurate, ancient tradition often claimed he was a student of Pythagoras., he wished the more secret written matters of Pythagoras to be buried with him. original Latin: "adeò ut factus Romanorum Rex, Pythagoræ secretiores res Conscriptas, secum sepeliri voluerit."

Furthermore, Plato learned this divine art from the Egyptian Priests; hence it is no wonder if the men of philosophy in former times despised the gold offered by princes, since they commanded the kings of kings.

Democritus Democritus of Abdera (c. 460–370 BCE). In alchemical history, he is often identified with "Pseudo-Democritus," to whom the earliest surviving alchemical texts are attributed., in order to understand the hidden mysteries of nature, renounced the riches with which he was well-endowed and wandered through India, Scythia, and Egypt. He dug up the books of Dardanus A mythological figure often cited in Hermetic works as a keeper of ancient, magical secrets., the Egyptian Mage, which had been hidden in a tomb; in these, he poured forth that golden river of philosophy, while nature itself looked on in amazement. original Latin: "in quibus aureum illud Philosophiæ effudit flumen, ipsa stupente naturâ."

Thus we also read in the writings of the philosophers that among the Greeks, Egyptians, Arabs, and Chaldeans, many great kings and noble people possessed the art and wrote about it in various languages. These works, having been translated into the Latin language, are still to this day...